He's saying that OU fans hate arrogant KU fans yet DM is acting like one on this thread.
BigTime,
You are just going a little overboard. No one said that Cole should dominate Blake, despite Blake not being a good defender. I am sure he will step it up against Cole, maybe that is it, he needs a challenge?
I just think it's funny that everything is hyperbole because people can handle a real discussion. It is either Blake is the second coming or he's terrible, and the same with Aldrich.
If you get a chance to talk to Blake I hope that you have something better for him then what people on a message board are saying. He will think that's pretty lame.
I'm far from being arrogant, or a "gawk" whatever the hell that is. Infact the reason I kept replying to this thread is because that was kind of what you KU fans were doing. I shall explain:
The premise of this thread was asking how good was KU and if they will give OU problems. The consensus was don't take them lightly, but OU should win. Cheno then says OU should win but KU mathces up well with OU. "THEY HAVE A GREAT DEFENSIVE CENTER" who COULD slow blake down a bit. He went on to say Collins would give OU problems. I agree with the second statement, but took exception to the first. Do you know Arinza Onuaku? He is the center for Syracuse that had 19 and 13 on Aldrich. Do you know Tyrell Lynch? He is a back up center that averages 4 pts and 3 rebounds. He had his season high against Kansas with 10pts and 5rbs in a victory for UMass and hit a key jumper over Aldrich. Tony Gaffney, their starting center had 13rbs. Jordan Hill and Jamelle Horne, Arizona's two post players combined for 42 points and 24rbs. Horne usually averages 9pts and Hill usually averages 17. Against Tennessee, Aldrich had 22 and 10 in a victory, but Tennessee two starting post players had 21 and 17pts to go along with 8 and 9 rebounds. Morgan of MSU had 13 and 8, which is not in any way being victimized but Lucas did live in the Lane. Even Colon of KSU had 12 and 6. Now I know I cherry picked 6 games out of the season, but 4 of the games were losses where you would expect for a guy to do his best. Now do those six games reak of dominant defense? Looks like Aldrich struggled with some more athletic players. Some of those guys had season high stats against KU. Obviously if those guys put up those numbers on Aldrich I would generally think Blake can put up good numbers as well.
Secondly, you guys took exception to me comparing Aldrich to Ostertag. That was obviously a poor comparison, because Ostertag was a great college defender. Even in the pros, defense was his calling card. Aldrich obviously has strugged defensively in games this year and I apologize to the Tagster. The polarizing thing that I said was Aldrich was a sloth. Now that's a little strong, but his performance against those athletic fowards shows that he has an athleticism deficit.
Furthermore I have never taken a shot at Cheno or Grace, but let me show you some of the personal shots I took on this thread: You're ridiculous, you know little about basketball, you're a joke, Lay off the bong, you're nuts, you're like arguing with a sixth grader, you're making stuff up out of thin air, stupid, arrogant gawk, sudden arrogance. Cheno personally took about eight shots at me. you kept referring to me as an arrogant gawk but who's actions seem arrogant. Arrogance is putting down others. Who's putting down who? I live by the age old saying that when you point one finger, three point back at you.
Lastly, Cheno's assertion that KU give OU challenges and that it would be a competitive ten point game is what I took exception to. KU has been hammered by some teams that aren't very good. Arizona thumped them, MSU outclassed them, and UMass beat KU in Kansas. OU is a top 5 team and any assetion that the game will be highly competive is an assertion of someone who is judging from blue tinted glasses. OU just beat a team that is everyone's sleeper pick for going to the final four by 15 points. UT is deeper than KU at the post position and still was no match for Blake. For someone to think KU will do better makes me think that it's probably a KU fan who feels KU is derserved of higher consideration just because they are KU. Going into the KU game last year, OU had a similar team to KU. They were young, fairly good, but didn't have the horses to keep up with KU. Now OU isn't as good as that KU squad, but OU is good. KU is average. The most important thing is the game is at home. My opinion is that KU will be outmatched in a big way. As a KU fan you take exception because you believe that KU is such a mighty school that they can't get beat bad.
To me the most indicative thing said in this thread was this:
Again the taste of victory and a high ranking are starting to turn you to the darkside. To what many OU fans have hated for years.....the attitude of an "arrogant gawk
This statement is insulting to all OU fans. OU has been a winning program for the last 30 years. OU fans have experienced number one rankings, All Americans, final fours, big12 championships and a championship game. For you to think our 16-1 start makes us turn to the darkside and gives us arrogance is like throwing sand in our faces. My second favorite team has always been KU in the big12. I was cheering like OU won the days KU beat UNC and Memphis. If I knew their fans would scoff at our little success in the first half of the season the next year, maybe I wouldn't have.
